The Citizens' Movement () was a political party in

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, founded in the lead up to the 2009 election. during the

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, which severely affected Iceland. In the election, the Citizens' Movement won four out of 63 seats in

Althingi The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at (' thing fields' or 'assembly fields'), about east of what la ...

, the Icelandic Parliament. The elected members were: *

Þráinn Bertelsson Þráinn Bertelsson (born 30 November 1944) is an Icelandic film director, writer, politician, journalist and newspaper editor. He moved into politics during the 2008–2012 Icelandic financial crisis, and was elected a member of the Althing i ...

, film director * Þór Saari, economist *

Margrét Tryggvadóttir Margrét Tryggvadóttir (born 20 May 1972 in Kópavogur) was a member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament from 2009–2013 for The Movement (Iceland), The Movement and the Citizens' Movement (Iceland), Citizens' Movement. She wa ...

, editor *

Birgitta Jónsdóttir Birgitta Jónsdóttir (born 17 April 1967) is an Icelandic politician, anarchist, poet, and activist. She was a Member of the Althing (MP) for the Southwest Constituency from 2013 to 2017, representing the Pirate Party, having been elected at t ...

, poet, editor and artist The party had no leader, but rather was led collectively by three people each with a different responsibility. The party supported radical change at the government level in response to the recession. On 14 August 2009,

left the party to sit as an independent. On 18 September 2009, the remaining three members left the party to create a new party, Hreyfingin (''The Movement''), and so the Citizens' Movement is no longer represented in the Althingi.

Election results

References

External links

Party website of the Citizens' Movement
2009 establishments in Iceland 2012 establishments in Iceland Defunct political parties in Iceland Great Recession in Europe Political parties disestablished in 2012 Political parties established in 2009 {{Iceland-party-stub